Analytical Economics : Issues and Problems / Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Georgescu-Roegen, Nicholas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics, Mathematical.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (450 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

FOREWORD

AUTHOR'S PREFACE

NOTE ON THE CONTENTS OF THE VOLUME

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I. INTRODUCTION: SOME ORIENTATION ISSUES IN ECONOMICS

ONE. SCIENCE: A BRIEF EVOLUTIONARY ANALYSIS

TWO. CONCEPTS, NUMBERS, AND QUALITY

THREE. SOME OBJECT LESSONS FROM PHYSICS

FOUR. EVOLUTION VERSUS MECHANICS

FIVE. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS FOR THE ECONOMIST

PART II. CHOICE: UTILITY AND EXPECTATION

1. THE PURE THEORY OF CONSUMER'S BEHAVIOR

2. THE THEORY OF CHOICE AND THE CONSTANCY OF ECONOMIC LAWS

3. CHOICE, EXPECTATIONS, AND MEASURABILITY

4. CHOICE AND REVEALED PREFERENCE

5. THRESHOLD IN CHOICE AND THE THEORY OF DEMAND1

6. THE NATURE OF EXPECTATION AND UNCERTAINTY

PART III. SPECIAL TOPICS OF PRODUCTION

7. FIXED COEFFICIENTS OF PRODUCTION AND THE MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY THEORY

8. RELAXATION PHENOMENA IN LINEAR DYNAMIC MODELS

9. SOME PROPERTIES OF A GENERALIZED LEONTIEF MODEL

10. LIMITATIONALITY, LIMITATIVENESS, AND ECONOMIC EQUILIBRIUM

PART IV. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

11. ECONOMIC THEORY AND AGRARIAN ECONOMICS

12. MATHEMATICAL PROOFS OF THE BREAKDOWN OF CAPITALISM

ANALYTICAL INDEX

INDEX OF NAMES

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-28163-2

OCLC:

1024020112